MMO Phantasy Star Online 2 is on its way to the West, and Sega has made sign-ups available for the closed beta, on Xbox One. It is only available to people in U.S. and Canada, and, for the moment, it is only available on the Xbox One. Sega has not revealed any beginning or end dates for the beta as of yet, but players can access the sign-up via the Xbox Insider Hub—an app that can be used on the Xbox One and the PC....
We’ve reaching the end of Cyber Monday 2022 but there’s still plenty of last minute deals to be had across a variety of retailers and product ranges. This deal we’ve picked up on today is from Very, where they are offering a PC and PS5-compatible 1TB Samsung SSD with a heatsink for just £100, a massive £95 saving on its RRP. UK Samsung 980 PRO 1TB SSD with Heatsink, PCIe Gen 4....
Some find watching streamers boring and a waste of their time, but Planet Zoo streamers are different. They can create incredible exhibits and buildings that are out of this world. It is inspiring to other, less creative players, as they come up with ideas out of thin air. We have compiled a list of streamers who inspire their viewers. We have included streamers from both Twitch and YouTube, even though some of the streamers on YouTube just create video segments....
Beauty and the Beast goes metal in Of Bird and Cage, All In! Games’ upcoming playable music album. This unique concept turns a metal music album into a video game with a powerfully dark story inspired by the fairytale. The game features music from members of famous rock and metal bands, including Evanescence and Guns N’ Roses. Of Bird and Cage will release on Steam on May 20, and a new trailer is out now....
PlayStation 4’s 2015 first-party lineup “was not as strong” as the company would have liked, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia’s managing director has admitted. Next year’s, however, promises to be “incredible”, Michael Ephraim says, highlighting The Last Guardian, No Man’s Sky and Uncharted 4 as three of the best games coming in 2016. “Games that have been released this year, from Destiny [The Taken King], Call of Duty, Star Wars — most of them we have a collaboration with for additional content if you play on PlayStation 4, so we’re pretty confident with the way Christmas is going,” Ephraim said in an interview with GameSpot....
Over the past 20 years of Pokémon video games and media, a lot has changed. Hundreds of new Pokémon have been introduced, new regions have been laid out for us to explore, and new characters have joined the games and the anime alike. Speaking of the anime, Ash has gone through a lot of changes too—even if he is still somehow 10 years old. He’s caught new Pokémon, released old ones, and made countless new friends....
Today, Prime Gaming is offering free in-game content for Genshin Impact, the smash-hit gacha game. For those who don’t know, Genshin Impact is a free-to-play open-world RPG that lets you gather a team of characters, level them up, and go on adventures. The game has been wildly successful since its launch in September of last year. Working together with Prime Gaming only makes sense, especially when considering how many other popular games have had content available via the platform....
Prison Architect, a game in which you build and manage a high security prison, will launch in full on October 6, developer Introversion Software has announced. The finished game will also include several secret features, which Introversion promises to announce later this week. Prison Architect entered Alpha back in September 2012, with the developer going on to launch 36 alpha builds in total. It has remained in Early Access ever since....
Update: Javier Dominguez won the 2018 World Championship: Original article continues below: A professional Magic: The Gathering players dropped out of the renowned World Championship tournament to protest the state of professional Magic. In an unusual turn of events, a player is speaking out against Wizards of the Coast for their perceived negligence in promoting professional Magic: The Gathering. Pro-player Gerry Thompson decided to sit out this year’s World Championship, which took place last weekend in Las Vegas, in order to protest what he believes to be a game developer that doesn’t care enough about their professional gaming scene....
During the recent Steam Next Festival, developer Goldknights and publisher Prime Matter dropped a ton of new information regarding their upcoming fantasy action-RPG, The Last Oricru, which is set to come to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S later this year. Not only were we treated to a new gameplay trailer, but we were also lucky enough to nab a new developer diary centered on the co-op aspect of the title....
The yet-to-be-announced PS4 Slim will include a brand new DualShock 4 controller featuring an additional, front-facing lightbar, according to an unboxing video of the upcoming console. The video, which has since been made private, offered an in-depth look at the new console and the contents included in the box, including the new DualShock 4. The new lightbar sits across the top of the controller’s touchpad, flashing white when connecting to the console and remaining lit while powered on....
Only days after the latest official look at the upcoming PlayStation 5, gamers and tech aficionados have been flocking to forums to dig up every bit of information on the systems specs, hoping to gain insights on the performance for next-gen consoles. Among the official information comes leaks, datamines, and rumors that allege to offer some semblance of insight on the highly anticipated addition to the PlayStation lineage. One such rumor has started a fervor of hype with a user by the name of Kleegamefan giving a first-hand account of a demo for a game that is being developed for the PlayStation 5....
Rockstar has ventured into the wilderness and lassoed yet another fresh helping of content for Red Dead Online’s beta, this time in the shape of Up in Smoke, a new game type for Showdown mode. As the name implies, Up in Smoke is a bit of an explosive affair. Here, players must deliver a package to the HQ of the opposing team, which can then be detonated, destroying a portion of their camp....
Another Resident Evil adaptation is here, this time in the form of a live-action Netflix series. Given that Resident Evil adaptations don’t tend to be well-received, how good is the latest attempt to adapt the games? When I saw that there was another Resident Evil project, I was beyond cautious, especially after seeing last year’s Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, which was not good at all. We have been given live-action movies previously, mainly in the form of the Milla Jovovich action-horror movies, and while I actually liked the first Resident Evil movie, I did not enjoy any of the other films at all....
Ludeon Studios’ Rimworld first released on Steam in October 2018. This might have been fine for many, but there are gamers out there who like to avoid purchasing titles reliant on digital rights management (DRM). Fortunately, you won’t have to wait much longer to get a DRM-free copy of Rimworld. Come March 3, it will officially release on GOG, as confirmed by developer Tynan Sylvester. Rimworld began life as a plucky Kickstarter campaign, hoping to raise just $15,000 but ending with over $200,000 instead....
Persona 5 Strikers might not be a JRPG, but it wears its JRPG influences on its sleeve. One of those influences is the cavalcade of equipment you can find and wear to improve each character’s stats. Naturally, this means that there’s an ultimate weapon for every single character in Persona 5 Strikers. Here’s where they are and how to get them. That said, please note that most of these ultimate weapons can only be unlocked in the post-game....
Gamers continue to enjoy live streaming their gaming to others and Twitch is one of the more popular services to utilise. SOE has announced that Twitch is being integrated into the MMOFPS to make it easier for players to live broadcast. The option will be appearing in the Planetside 2 Beta in the next few days and it will enable players to tweak their streams with settings such as FPS, bitrate and resolution....
After almost a decade, Minecraft players have discovered the seed for the title screen’s panorama background. The background panorama is a recognizable feature amongst all gamers and was in the game from version 1.8 to 1.13. Where the title screen originated from has been a huge mystery for multiple years. A world seed is a series of numbers that generates a unique Minecraft world. However, it is possible for a world to have similar features, meaning they can have more than one seed....
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the survival game taking the world by storm, is getting two big additions in upcoming updates, according to the game’s developers Bluehole. First up will be an FOV (field-of-view) slider, which will give players greater control over their view in-game, and following that will be the addition of dedicated first-person view servers. In an update on his personal Twitter account today, PlayerUnknown (aka Brendan Greene) confirmed that an FOV slider is in the works for the game’s monthly update, landing in the next couple of weeks....
Earlier this week, Sony announced three PlayStation Move titles as part of its Sony E3 2010 lineup. Naturally, this news led to one obvious question: If we are going to see Move games up close and personal next month, when are we going to see the Move itself? Well, Jason Bradbury, one of the primary presenters on the popular UK television program Gadget Show, believes that the Move is in line for a September release date....
